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Rating: 8.5 stars

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Seen on: 06/12/2011

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Super 8 (2011)

Directed by J.J. Abrams

Science Fiction

Most recently watched by tylermager, noahphex, jenerator, suspectk, sensoria

Overview

In 1979 Ohio, several youngsters are making a zombie movie with a Super-8 camera. In the midst of filming, the friends witness a horrifying train derailment and are lucky to escape with their lives. They soon discover that the catastrophe was no accident, as a series of unexplained events and disappearances soon follows. Deputy Jackson Lamb, the father of one of the kids, searches for the terrifying truth behind the crash.

Rated PG-13 | Length 112 minutes

Actors

Dan Castellaneta | Kyle Chandler | Noah Emmerich | Ron Eldard | Amanda Foreman | Michael Giacchino | Greg Grunberg | Elle Fanning | Bruce Greenwood | Zach Mills | Tim Griffin | Brett Rice | Dale Dickey | Thomas F. Duffy | Richard T. Jones | David Gallagher | Jay Scully | Marco Sanchez | Michael Hitchcock | Brandon Hirsch | Joel McKinnon Miller | Bingo O'Malley | Katie Lowes | Amanda Michalka | Glynn Turman | Patrick St. Esprit | Jack Axelrod | Caitriona Balfe | Jason Brooks | Jessica Tuck | Tony Guma | Gabriel Basso | Ryan Lee | Britt Flatmo | Joel Courtney | Riley Griffiths | Teri Clark | Beau Knapp | Tom Quinn | James Landry Hébert | Jonathan Dixon | Ben Gavin | Emerson Brooks | Andrew Miller | Jakob Miller | Robert B. Quiroz | Koa Melvin

Viewing Notes

I really had no expectations going into this. With the exception of an early trailer, I pretty much avoided any press or advertising having to do with the movie. I did see plenty of tweets about it though, with people’s reactions ranging from superfluous to angrily cynical. Crap like that is why I don’t really read too many movie sites.

I took the whole family to this, and my kids were kind of lukewarm to the idea of seeing it, since they didn’t know much about it.

I have to say, I really liked it. It was one of those fun, “magical” movies that just enjoys itself and delights in the power of cinema to whisk you away on a Saturday afternoon into some other world and keep you entertained for a few hours.

My kids really enjoyed it; much more than they thought they would, which was cool to see.

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